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Internet Governance
Privacy, free speech, surveillance, digital identity and cybersecurity. 3,058 items.
25 Aug 2012
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Govt in line of fire over web censorshipSocial media abuzz with allegations of government gagging free speech in the garb of curbing hate messages.
25 Aug 2012
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Govt cracks down on TwitterIndia’s crackdown on social media platforms for hosting “inflammatory” content — following the violence in Assam and the exodus of northeastern people from several cities — seems to have been a little reckless.
25 Aug 2012
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Blocking Twitter: How Internet Service Providers & telcos were caught between tweets and tall egosLong derided as 'dumb pipes' to the Web, Internet service providers (ISPs) are discovering these days that insult is being increasingly followed up by injury.
24 Aug 2012
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New Delhi Expands Curbs on Web ContentIndia on Thursday broadened recent efforts to regulate the Internet with moves to block Twitter accounts of some prominent journalists and content from mainstream news organizations, sparking a backlash across social media in the country.
24 Aug 2012
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NE exodus: List containing 309 blocked URLs leaks onlineLatest reports coming in have confirmed that a list containing 309 URLs, whose ban the government had sought in light of the Assam violence and the subsequent NE exodus, has been leaked online.
24 Aug 2012
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Internet expert Pranesh Prakash criticizes Indian cyber blockadesThe government's attempts to block social media accounts and websites that it blames for spreading panic have been inept and possibly illegal, a top internet expert said on Friday.
24 Aug 2012
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India’s ethnic clashes intensify within social-media maelstromIt began in mid-July: First came a series of retaliatory killings between ethnic communities in the state of Assam in mid-July. Soon nearly 500,000 people had fled their homes for grim refugee camps. The central government belatedly sent in …
24 Aug 2012
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India limits social media after civil unrestHas the Indian government lost its sense of humour? That’s what some in India were asking as word spread that authorities had pressured Twitter into blocking several accounts parodying the prime minister after civil unrest that saw dozens …
24 Aug 2012
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Govt vs Tweeple: Has clampdown hit free speech?Has the Government crossed the line by ordering the blocking of several Twitter accounts, many belonging to prominent journalists? The debate was featured in NDTV on August 23, 2012.
24 Aug 2012
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Govt orders blocking of 300 specific URLs including 16 Twitter accountsThe government stepped up its efforts to stop what it feels is an online campaign of misinformation and rumour mongering in the wake of lower Assam riots and ordered blocking of 16 Twitter accounts, including two belonging to journalists, …
23 Aug 2012
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Sixth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP ShahThe sixth meeting of the two sub-groups on privacy issues will be held on August 31, 2012 at 10.00 a.m. in Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi under the chairmanship of Justice AP Shah, former chief justice of …
23 Aug 2012
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Northeast exodus: Is there a mechanism to pre-screen social media content?The government has passed the blame buck on social media and blocked hundreds of websites, which it claims, hosted hate speech and inflammatory content, enough to incite violence. But is it feasible to pre-screen objectionable or …
23 Aug 2012
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India limits social media after civil unrestIndian officials have gone too far in limiting text messages and pressuring local Internet firms as well as Twitter and others to block accounts, critics say.
23 Aug 2012
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India Debates Misuse of Social MediaIndia has blocked more than 250 websites after provocative online content spread panic among people from the country's northeast, prompting some of them to flee Indian cities. The crackdown has sparked a debate about how the country will …
23 Aug 2012
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Haphazard censorship? Leaked list of blocked websites in IndiaAn analysis of a leaked list of the websites blocked by Indian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on directions from the Department of Telecom bring to light the inconsistencies in India's online censorship efforts.
23 Aug 2012
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Government asks Twitter to block fake 'PMO India' accounts; site fails to respondA standoff between the government and microblogging service Twitter, that has got India's online community up in arms, continues, as Twitter is still to act on India's requests to block some of the fake 'PMO India' accounts.
22 Aug 2012
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Internet Analysts Question India’s Efforts to Stem PanicThe Indian government’s efforts to stem a weeklong panic among some ethnic minorities has again put it at odds with Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
22 Aug 2012
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India blocks more than 250 Web sites for inciting hate, panicNearly 80 people have been killed and 400,000 displaced in fighting between Muslims and India’s Hindu Bodo tribespeople in Assam, a northeastern state of India, in recent weeks. The violence has prompted many northeasterners living in major …
10 Aug 2012
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Respite from Internet Censorship?Of late, a lot of the blocked websites have started reappearing. So should we sit back and relax? We take a look at how it's not really the start of something beautiful...writes Nimish Sawant. Sunil Abraham is quoted.
6 Aug 2012
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Post-website attack, cops hot on pursuit of Anonymous hackersThe cyber crime wing has formed special teams to nab the hackers who attacked and stole data from the Tamil Nadu police website.
1 Aug 2012
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Speak Easy: Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Online GovernanceThe event organised by the YP Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org and RTI Anonymous was held at the American Centre in Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi on July 31, 2012. Chinmayi Arun, a Fellow at the Centre for Internet …
20 Jul 2012
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The kids are all on FacebookIn one photo, Prerna stands in front of the mirror, back slightly arched, a fringe covering her left eye, one hand on her hip, pursing her lips. The other hand holds the camera in a steadfast grip. Below this picture are almost a hundred …
20 Jul 2012
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A Net of HatredCitizens worlwide have been resisiting the threat of internet censorship that governments seek to impose — and justifiably so. But while we have seen democratic revolutions such as the Arab Spring emerge from the power of the net, it is …
19 Jul 2012
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Session M4 – International Public Policy and Internet Governance Issues Pertaining to the InternetThe Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum 2012 is being organised at Aoyama Campus, Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. Sunil Abraham will be speaking in the session on international public policy and internet …
19 Jul 2012
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Fifth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP ShahThe fifth meeting of the two sub-groups on privacy issues will be held on July 22, 2012 under the chairmanship of Justice AP Shah, former chief justice of Delhi High Court.
11 Jul 2012
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An all-nighter for hackersTech event management firm HasGeek is back with its Hacknight for hackers and developers willing to burn the proverbial midnight oil writing some competitive code.
5 Jul 2012
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Fourth Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP ShahThe next meeting of the two Sub-Groups (4th meeting) on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is scheduled to be held on July 9, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. in Committee Room No. 228, …
2 Jul 2012
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India Privacy MeetMicrosoft, DSCI and Greyhead came together to organise India Privacy Meet at Hotel LeMeridien on June 29, 2012 in New Delhi. Sunil Abraham was a panelist in the event.
1 Jul 2012
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Freedom debate takes a new courseThe focus is now on the dubious roles played by private entities on what goes online, says Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on July 1, 2012.
29 Jun 2012
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Clear and Present Danger: Attempts to Change Internet Governance and Implications for Press FreedomThe event was organised by National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2012. Emma Llansó, Rebecca MacKinnon, Emin Milli, Susan Morgan and Katitza Rodriguez were the speakers.